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Mr Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen,  Once again the forces of nature remind us of the hazards of living in the land of fire and ice. The turmoil now taking place beneath the ground and its manifest...

The Arctic Economic Council was formally established at its founding meeting September 2-3 in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Representatives from the business sectors of all eight Arctic Council States a...

The NATO summit commenced today in Wales, Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and Foreign Minster Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson attend the meeting. The situation in Ukraine is on the agenda and ...

At the annual meeting of the Hoyvik Council, held in Reykjavik today, Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson and Kaj Leo Johannesen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, discussed the operation of th...

The marine research institutes of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway have issued a report on the annual co-ordinated mackerel trawl survey in the Nordic Seas which was conducted in July ...

Policy on Youthwork 2014 -2018

The results of Government Accounts for 2013 have now been published and the accounts forwarded to the Althingi. The outcome for 2013 is considerably better than anticipated. The current balance was n...

The Prime Minister of Iceland, Mr. Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, has today sent the Prime Minister of Israel a letter outlining the Icelandic Government´s gravest concerns about the situation in Gaza ...

During an open session of the UN Security Council in New York on the political situation in the Middle East, Iceland condemned both the Israeli Defence Force and Hamas and other militant organisations...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has allocated 12 million ISK as Emergency Aid to two UN organisations that operate in Gaza due to the acute and deteriorating humanitarian situation the Gaza co...

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, expresses condolences to the families and friends of the people on board the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down over Eastern Ukraine....

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, met today with Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine, and Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Kyiv. Minister Sveinsson is on a two day...

Þórir Guðmundsson has submitted a report to Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the organisation of development cooperation, peacekeeping and humanitarian and emergency assistan...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson hosted today a meeting of 23 states that are a part of the group of friends on desertification, land degradation and drought, founded last year by Iceland a...

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has, in consultation with the Ministerial Committee on Economic Affairs and the Steering Group on Removal of Capital Controls, reached an agreement with th...

In recent years, strong emphasis has been placed on reviewing and reforming procedures for immigrants' issues, with particular attention to the rapid rise in applications for international protection....

The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Mr. Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, announced the total allowable catch for all stocks in Icelandic jurisdiction for next fishing season in Iceland today...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson is currently visiting China, accompanied by a trade delegation representing Icelandic Business and Industry. During the Minister‘s visit he will have meetings w...

Norwegian Minister of Fisheries Elisabeth Aspaker and Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson met in Reykjavik 24-25 June 2014 and discussed i.a. the management of ...

Legislation in force Icelandic legislation 1 October 2013 - 142nd edition Upper Secondary Education Act 2008 No 92 12 June Date of entry into force: 1 August 2008 Amended by Act No 35/...